Pronounced: uh-pah-thee-OH-suhs, noun
Notes: Interesting definitions
Yesterday’s word
The word pot-valor is “boldness or courage induced by the consumption of alcohol”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
I have heard the alternate phrases “liquid courage” and “Dutch courage”, but our word was new to me. It is simply a combination of pot (that is, a drinking pot) combined with valor (boldness), which came from the Latin noun valor (worth), which came from verb valere (to be well; be of worth).
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